[Spiny_Norman]

Some quotes from the Washington Post story about Maryland's game vs. FGCU.

the old Diamond Miller is back. Maryland’s star guard and her sister had talked throughout a disappointing, injury-ravaged season, and Adreana knew the NCAA tournament was a good time for a reset.

Diamond Miller is healthy and confident again — and she showed it Sunday afternoon. Miller did just about anything she wanted as No. 4 seed Maryland ran away from No. 12 Florida Gulf Coast, 89-65 . . .


Sunday’s victory arguably was the best game the Terps (23-8) have played all season and certainly brought the best effort from Miller, who had 24 points, nine rebounds, three assists, three steals and a block. The smaller Eagles had no answer for the rangy, 6-foot-3 Miller, who did a little of everything. She hit pull-up jumpers from the perimeter, got to the rim at will and even ran point guard for stretches. To start the second half, she squared up on the right side, looked her defender square in the eyes and attacked. A few quick dribbles preceded a nasty crossover that created space before she split a pair of defenders and used her long stride for a scooping layup.

After the final buzzer, Miller walked to the sideline, stared into the crowd, balled her fists and screamed, “Let’s goooo!”

Miller wasn’t the only one to shine Sunday. Florida Gulf Coast plays five guards, and none of them could handle Reese in the post: She put up 21 points and nine rebounds while going 11 for 14 from the free throw line. Guard Ashley Owusu continued her NCAA tournament revival with 20 points while showing off an array of moves that the FGCU defense couldn’t handle.

“They had really good ball pressure and they switch a lot of things, and they have great length at a lot of positions,” FGCU Coach Karl Smesko said. “At the beginning of the game, we had pretty good spacing, and we were able to attack the paint a little bit and kick it out and get to shot fakes. As soon as we became a little more stagnant, we were running a lot of dribble handoffs, which we really didn’t want to run. Pressure made us do some things that we really didn’t want to do.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/20...-sweet-16/

[Spiny_Norman]

Some quotes from the Washington Post story about Maryland's game vs. FGCU.

the old Diamond Miller is back. Maryland’s star guard and her sister had talked throughout a disappointing, injury-ravaged season, and Adreana knew the NCAA tournament was a good time for a reset.

Diamond Miller is healthy and confident again — and she showed it Sunday afternoon. Miller did just about anything she wanted as No. 4 seed Maryland ran away from No. 12 Florida Gulf Coast, 89-65 . . .


Sunday’s victory arguably was the best game the Terps (23-8) have played all season and certainly brought the best effort from Miller, who had 24 points, nine rebounds, three assists, three steals and a block. The smaller Eagles had no answer for the rangy, 6-foot-3 Miller, who did a little of everything. She hit pull-up jumpers from the perimeter, got to the rim at will and even ran point guard for stretches. To start the second half, she squared up on the right side, looked her defender square in the eyes and attacked. A few quick dribbles preceded a nasty crossover that created space before she split a pair of defenders and used her long stride for a scooping layup.

After the final buzzer, Miller walked to the sideline, stared into the crowd, balled her fists and screamed, “Let’s goooo!”

Miller wasn’t the only one to shine Sunday. Florida Gulf Coast plays five guards, and none of them could handle Reese in the post: She put up 21 points and nine rebounds while going 11 for 14 from the free throw line. Guard Ashley Owusu continued her NCAA tournament revival with 20 points while showing off an array of moves that the FGCU defense couldn’t handle.

“They had really good ball pressure and they switch a lot of things, and they have great length at a lot of positions,” FGCU Coach Karl Smesko said. “At the beginning of the game, we had pretty good spacing, and we were able to attack the paint a little bit and kick it out and get to shot fakes. As soon as we became a little more stagnant, we were running a lot of dribble handoffs, which we really didn’t want to run. Pressure made us do some things that we really didn’t want to do.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/20...-sweet-16/